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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827805003321

Autore

Spira Ivo

Titolo

A conceptual history of Chinese -isms : the modernization of ideological discourse, 1895-1925 / / by Ivo Spira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Conceptual history and Chinese linguistics ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

140.951

Soggetti

Chinese language - Etymology - History

Ideology - China - History

Chinese language - Discourse analysis

Chinese language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of the dissertation; University of Oslo, 2010.

Previous title: "Chinese -isms and ismatisation."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ideology and Ismatic Concepts in Premodern China -- 3 The Age of -Isms in China -- 4 Philosophical Aspects of ‘Zhǔyì’ -- 5 Towards an Analysis of Chinese -Isms -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In A Conceptual History of Chinese -Isms , Ivo Spira explores the linguistic and rhetorical development of Chinese -isms, as well as the key concept zhǔyì 主義 ('ism') itself. He argues that the introduction of this concept from Japan in the 1890's inaugurated an 'Age of -Isms', in which it served as a conceptual focus for the stereotypical categorization of people and the utopian imagination of the future. The book focuses on Chinese -isms in the formative period (1895–1925) through a close reading of key primary sources, covering linguistic, conceptual, and rhetorical aspects of their use in ideological reasoning. Spira emphasizes the combination of internal (traditional) and external (Western and Japanese) factors in the emergence of Chinese -isms.